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Copyright © 2023 by Margaret Renkl

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Interior design by Meighan Cavanaugh

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available Upon Request

ISBN 978-1-954118-46-1 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-954118-50-8 (eBook)

Printed in Canada

The Comfort of Crows is FSC certified. It is printed on chlorine-free paper made with 30% post-consumer waste. It uses only vegetable- and soy-based ink.

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